Watchman&#39;s time-register.



G. W. ELLIS. WATGHMANS TIME REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3, 190a.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908. 4 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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WATGHMANS TIME REGISTER.

APPLICATION IILBD JULY 3, 1908.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908. 4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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GEORGE W. ELLIS, OF GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

WATGI-IMANS TIME-REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

Application filed July 3, 1908. Serial No. 441,777.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. ELLIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Germantown, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in NatchmensTime-Registers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in time recorders, and consists incertain novel constructions and combinations of parts hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Referring to the drawings forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is a frontview of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section. Fig.3 is a transverse vertical section. Fig. 1 is a rear view. Fig. 5 is adetail perspective View of the wheel operating mechanism, and Fig. 6 isa front view of one of the stations.

The present embodiment of my invention comprises a casing 1, providedwith a transparent front 2, part of which is covered by an opaquecovering 4, having a slit 3 for a purpose to be presently described, anda circular clear spot, behind which is arranged the dial 5, of theclock.

A pinion 9 is secured to the arbor 8 of the movement which describes acomplete revolution in 12 hours, and meshing with a gear wheel 7journaled in the casing, and pro-,

vided with twice as many teeth as the pinion for which reason the gearwheel 7 rotates once in 241 hours. The pinion is provided with six pins10 on its face, arranged at equal distances and at equal radialdistances from the center, which pins are adapted to engage insuccession a switch arm 11, pivoted on the casing as at 12, whereby toconnect the two contact springs 13, 1a the switch arm being normallyretained in inoperative position by gravity.

The contact springs 13-14 are the terminals of an electrical circuit,having interposed in the length thereof a plurality of stations A, B, C,D, E, F, and a battery 15. A wire 16 leads from the terminal 13 to andthrough all the stations the return wire 17 leading to the otherterminal 1 1-.

Each station comprises a magnet 18 in terposed in the circuit, andhaving adjacent thereto a drop 19 pivoted as at 19 and provided on itslower face with a strip of insulating material 20. The free end of thedrop is adapted to engage a spring contact 21, the drop and the springbeing also interposed in the circuit which is broken when the spring anddrop are out of electrical contact. The armature 22 engages the lowerend of a sliding arm 23, whose upper end engages the insulating plate 20before mentioned.

It will be evident from the description, that when the circuit iscomplete through the wires 1617, the armature at each station will movethe sliding arm upward thus swinging the drop upward, to permit thespring to move beneath the drop into engagement with the insulating"strip, thus interrupting the circuit at each of the stations. It willalso be evident that the current is completed every 2 hours by theswitch arm 11.

A plurality of registering wheels 24, are journaled on a shaft 25,supported by brackets 26 on the casing, each wheel having integraltherewith a ratchet wheel 27, engaged by a retaining pawl 28, acted uponby a spring 29, and by a moving pawl 30 pivoted to a lever 31. Eachlever 31 is pivoted on the shaft 25, by its approximate center, the freeend thereof projecting outside the easing and being connected with oneend of a spring 32, having its other end connected with the casing. Thepawl 30 is limited in its movement by a pin 33, and acted upon by aspring 3 1.

The levers 31 are adapted to be moved in succession by a rod 35 slidingthrough a sleeve 36, forming part of a carriage, con sisting of twoparallel connected sleeves sliding on parallel rods, secured in brackets39 in the casing, shutter 40, pivoted to the casing as at 11, theshutter having an arm 12 projecting through a slot in the casing. Thearm 42 is arranged for engagement by the free end of an armature 13,pivoted by the other end as at 141 to the casing and cooperating with apair of somewhat powerful magnets 45 arranged on a bracket 46 connectedto the casing. The magnets a5 are interposed in a circuit connectingwires 47, 47, 418, the wires 47 18 being branched from the wire 17 oneach side of the battery 15 and a push button 49 on the front of thecasing is interposed in the wire 17. The wire 47 is branched on the wire16, and the wire 17* on the wire 17 so that the circuit consisting ofthe wires 47l7 48 cannot be completed until the circuit connecting thewires 1617 l is also complete.

and the rod is moved by a.

'1617 is partially completed or closed, by

It will be evident that when the circuit from the description,consisting of the wires connecting the drop and the spring at eachstation, then the engagement of a pin 10 with the switch arm 11 willcomplete the circuit, and at this time by pressing the push button 49,the magnets 45 will be energized, and the armature. 43 will operate therod 35 through the shutter 40.

It will be observed that the carriage 86 supporting the rod, isconnected to one end of a link 50, the other end being pivoted ona wristpin 51 on the wheel 7 before mentioned, so that the rod travels from oneend of the rods 38 to the other and back once every 24 hours, and thatthe shutter extends along the entire path of travel of the carriage, sothat it will engage the rod in whatever position it may be in. There aresix wheels, and each is provided on its periphery with numerals from 1to 7 and the levers 31 are so arranged that an upward movement willrotate each wheel a seventh part of a revolution whereby to bring anumber in front of the slit 4 before mentioned, it being understood thatthe wheels are arranged directly behind the slit. The connection betweenthe carriage and the gear wheel is such that at the end of each twohours the rod 35 is directly below one of the levers and in position toengage it when the current is complete. That is the rod is directlybeneath a lever when a pin 10 is in engagement with the switch arm. Thepawls 28 are all pivoted on a shaft 53 supported by brackets 54 on theshaft 25, and the rod 35 is provided with a head 56, to provide a largeengaging surface for the levers.

The operation of the device is as follows. The stations A, B, C, D, Eand F, and as many more as may be desired, are arranged at suitablepositions on the watchmans or patrolmans heat, which beat he is, underthe conditions shown, expected to cover every two hours. At eachstation, he moves back the spring 21 until "the end of the drop comesdown thus bringing the two into electrical connection, so that thecircuit is not interrupted at the particular station. W hen all thestations have been visited, which is supposed to require two hours, andthe watchman has returned to the ofhce, a pin 10 should operate theswitch arm 11 to close the circuit connection of the wires 1617. N ow ifthe patrolman presses the button 49 the armature will be actuated tooperate one of the wheels 24 to record the completion of the trip. Thecompletion of the circuit 1617 however energizes each of the magnets 18,thus moving the drops out of engagement with the respective springs andbreaking the circuit 1617 at every station. The breaking of the circuit1617 does not however affect the circuit 47-47 48, which remains closeduntil the pin 10 moves away from the switch arm 11, permitting it toreturn to its original position.

It will be evident from the description that it will be impossible toregister except at such times as a pin 10 is in engagement with theswitch arm, which occurs once every two hours, and is not of longduration, and it will be also evident that it will be equally impossibleto register unless such station has been visited.

The numbering of the wheels provides for 7 days or one weeks register,but it will be evident that more or less numbers may be used, as well asa greater or less number of wheels, thus providing for longer or shorterbeats.

Since all the mechanism may be inclosed, no tampering with the record ispossible, and a glance at the numbers appearing through the slit willshow at once, whether the trips have been made and if not on what daystrips were omitted.

In Fig. 6 is shown an arm 60 for reconnecting the drop arm 19 and thespring 20, the arm being pivoted as at 61 to a plate 65 of conduct-ingmaterial, the plate being mounted toget ier with the drop arm 19, andthe spring 20 on a plate 62 of non-conducting material, and the spring20 is mounted on a block of insulating material 63.

One of the wires 66 of an independent circuit passes through the plate65, the other wire passing adjacent to the bracket 62, being providedwith a branch 67, connected with a pin 68 on the bracket. An electriclight 70 is arranged in the independent circuit at any suitable point,and the end of the arm 60 which engages the spring is pro vided withinsulating material as shown.

Each station is equipped as above described, and it will be evident thatwhen the arm 60 is manipulated to connect the drop arm with the spring,the independent circuit in which the light is interposed will be closed,which closure will be indicated by the light.

The independent circuit might be connected with the lamp at the centraloflice, or with the fire alarm if desired, so that the watchman couldoperate the alarm at any station. If the light is located at thecentral-office it will indicate the patrolmans visit to each station.

I claim 1. A time recorder comprising a clock movement having anextended arbor, a gear wheel on the arbor, a plurality of coaxial numberwheels, a ratchet wheel integral with each number wheel, a leverjournaled coaxially with each number wheel, a pawl on the lever forco'clperating with the ratchet wheel, a carriage mounted to travel belowthe number wheels, a rod slidably vertically in the carriage foroperating the levers, a

link connecting the carriage and the face of the gear wheel near theperiphery thereof, a

V shutter extending beneath the path of travel of the carriage foroperating the rod, the shutter having a projecting arm, a magnet, anarmature in connection with the magnet for engaging the arm to operatethe shutter, a pinion meshing with the gear wheel and provided on itsface with an annular series of spaced pins, an electric circuit havingits terminals adjacent the pinion, a switch for connecting the terminalshaving one arm in the path of movement of the pins, a plurality ofstations interposed in the circuit, each comprising a drop arm forclosing the circuit, a magnet interposed in the circuit and means inconnection with the armature of the magnet for moving the drop arm toopen the circuit when the magnet is energized, a normally open circuitin connection with the first named magnet and branched onto the firstnamed circuit, and a push button interposed therein adjacent to theclock movement.

A time recorder comprising a clock movement, a plurality of coaxialnumber wheels, independent means for operating each of said numberwheels, a carriage mounted to travel beneath the number wheels, a rodslidable in the carriage for engaging each of said operating means,a-con nection between the clock movement and the carriage for moving thesame, a shutter extending beneath the path of travel of the carriage formoving the rod, the shutter having a projecting arm, a magnet, anarmature in connection with the magnet for engaging the arm to operatethe shutter, a pinion driven by the clock movement, and provided on itsface with an annular series of spaced pins, an electric circuit havingits terminals adjacent the pinion, a switch for connecting the terminalshaving one arm in the path of movement of the pins, a plurality ofstations interposed in the circuit, each comprising a drop arm forclosing the circuit, a magnet interposed in the circuit and means inconnection with the armature of the magnet for moving the drop arm toopen the cir-.

cuit when the magnet is energized, a normally open circuit in connectionwith the first named magnet and branched onto the first named circuit,and a push button interposed therein adjacent to the clock movement.

3. A time recorder comprising a clock movement, a plurality of coaxialnumber wheels, independent means for operating each of said numberwheels, a carriage mounted to travel beneath the number wheels, a rodslidable in the carriage for engaging each of said operating means, aconnection between the clock movement and the carriage for moving thesame, means for engaging the rod to move the same, a magnet,

an armature for the magnet for operating the rod moving means, a piniondriven by the clock movement and provided on its face with an annularseries of spaced pins, an electric circuit having its terminals,adjacent the pinion, a switch for connecting the terminals having onearm in the path of movement of the pins, a plurality of stationsinterposed in the circuit, each comprising a drop arm for closing thecircuit, a magnet interposed in the circuit and means in connection withthe armature of the magnet for moving the drop arm to open the circuitwhen the magnet is energized, a normally open circuit in connection withthe first named magnet and branched onto the first named circuit, and apush button interposed therein adjacent to the clock movement.

4. A time recorder comprising a clock movement, a plurality of coaxialnumber wheels, independent means for imparting to each of the numberwheels a stepwise rota tion, a swinging shutter extending beneath thewheels and provided with a projecting arm, a magnet whose armatureengages the arm when the magnet is energized to swing the shutter, meansoperated by the clock movement for connecting the shutter successivelywith the operating means for the number wheels, a pinion driven by theclock movement and provided on its face with an annular series of spacedpins, an electric cir cuit having its terminal adjacent the pinion, aswitch for connecting the terminals having one arm in the pathofmovement of the pins, a plurality of stations interposed in thecircuit, each comprising a drop arm for closing the circuit, a magnetinterposed in the circuit and means in connection with the armature ofthe magnet for moving the drop arm to open the circuit when the magnetis ener gized, a normally open circuit in connection with the firstnamed magnet and branched onto the first named circuit, and a push but--ton interposed therein adjacent to the clock movement.

5. A time recorder comprising a clock movement, a plurality of coaxialnumber wheels, independent means for imparting to each of the numberwheels a stepwise rotation, a swinging shutter extending beneath thewheels and provided with a projecting arm, a magnet whose armatureengages the arm when the magnet is energized to swing the shutter, meansoperated by the clock movement for connecting the shutter successivelywith the operating means for the number wheels, a pinion driven by theclock movement and provided with an annular series of spaced pins, anelectric circuit having its terminals adjacent the pinion, a switch forconnecting the terminals having one arm in the path of movement of thepins, a plurality of stations interposed in the circuit,

each comprising a circuit breaker, and a magnet interposed in thecircuit for operating the circuit breaker when the magnet is energized,a normally open circuit branched onto the first circuit, and in whichthe first named magnet is interposed, and a push button adjacent to theclock movement for closing the same.

6. A time recorder comprising a clock movement, a plurality of coaxialnumber wheels, independent means for imparting to each of the numberwheels a stepwise rotation, a swinging shutter extending beneath thewheels and provided with a projecting arm, a magnet whose armatureengages the arm when the magnet is energized to swing the shutter, meansoperated by the clock movement for connecting the shutter successivelywith the operating means for the number wheels, an electric circuithaving its terminals adjacent to the clock movement, means operated bythe movement for connectin g the terminals at predetermined intervals, aplurality of stations interposed in the circuit, each comprising acircuit breaker, and a magnet interposed in the circuit for operatingthe circuit breaker when the magnet is energized, a normally opencircuit branched onto the first circuit, and in which the first namedmagnet is interposed, and a push button adjacent to the clock movementfor closing the same.

7. A time recorder comprising a clock movement, a plurality of coaxialnumber wheels, independent means for imparting to each of the numberwheels a stepwise rotation, a swinging shutter extending beneath thewheels and provided with a projecting arm, a magnet whose armatureengages the arm when the magnet is energized to swing the shutter, meansoperated by the clock movement for connecting the shutter successivelywith the operating means for the number wheels, a normally open electriccircuit, means operated by the clock movement for closing the circuit atpredetermined intervals, a plurality of stations interposed in thecircuit, each comprising a circuit breaker and a magnet interposed inthe circuit for operating the circuit breaker when the magnet isenergized, a normally open branch circuit in which the first namedmagnet is in.- terposed, and means for closing the same.

8. A time recorder comprising a clock.

movement, a plurality of coaxial number wheels, independent means forimparting to each of the wheels a stepwise rotation, an electro magnet,an armature "for cooperating with the magnet, means operated by theclock movement for connecting the armature in succession and atpredetermined intervals with the means for operating the number wheels,a normally open electric circuit, means operated by the clock movementfor closing the circuit at predetermined intervals, a plurality ofstations interposed in the circuit, each comprising a circuit breakerand a magnet for operating the circuit breaker when the magnet isenergized, a normally open branch circuit in which the first magnet isinterposed and means for closing the circuit.

9. A time recorder comprising a clock movement, a plurality of numberwheels, an electro magnet, an armature in connection with the magnet foroperating the number wheels, means operated by the clock movement forconnecting the armature with the number wheels in succession at regularintervals, a normally open electric circuit, means operated by the clockmovement for closing the circuit at predetermined intervals, a pluralityof stations interposed in the circuit, each comprising a circuit breakerand a magnet for operating the circuit breaker when the magnet isenergized, a branch circuit in which the first magnet is interposed andmeans for closing the circuit.

10. A time recorder comprising a clock novement, a plurality ofindicating means, an electro magnet, an armature in connecion with themagnet for operating the indicating means, means operated by the clockmovement for connecting the armature with the indicating means insuccession and at predetermined intervals, a normally open electriccircuit, means operated by the clock movement for closing the circuitwhen the armature is connected with an indicating means, a plurality ofcircuit breakers interposed. in the circuit, means operated by theclosing of the circuit for operating the circuit breakers, a normallyopen branch circuit in which the first magnet is interposed and manuallyoperated means for closing the branch circuit.

11. A time recorder comprising a clock movement, a plurality of tripindicators,

an electro magnet provided with an armature for operating theindicators, means operated by the clock movement for connecting thearmature with the indicators in succession at predetermined intervals, anormally open circuit, a plurality of circuit breakers interposedtherein, means operated by the clock movement for closing the circuit inunison with the connection of the armature with an indicator, meanswhereby the closing of the circuit will operate the circuit breakers, anormally open branch circuit in which the first magnet is interposed,and manually operated means for closing the branch circuit.

12. A time recorder comprising a clock movement, a plurality of numberwheels, means for operating the number wheels, and means operated by theclock movement for directly connecting the operating means with each ofthe number wheels in succession at regular intervals.

13. A time recorder comprising a clock movement, a plurality of tripindicators, an electro-magnet provided with an armature for operatingthe indicators, means operated by the clock movement for connecting thearmature with the indicators in succession at predetermined intervals, anormally open circuit, a plurality of circuit breakers interposedtherein, means operated by the clock movement for closing the circuit inunison with the connection of the armature with an indicator, meanswhereby the closing of the circuit will operate the circuit breakers, anormally open branch circuit in which the first magnet is interposed,manually operated means for closing the branch circuit, means forreturning the circuit breakers to their original position, anindependent circuit provided with a signal, and means operated by theclosing of the individual circuit breakers for closing said circuit tooperate the signal.

GEORGE W. ELLIS.

Witnesses HANS VENIGER, ALEX. W'ALTER.

